Movie #37 "The Other Boleyn Girl" was much better than I thought it was going to be, due to the acting --- all three siblings, Natalie Portman (who never disappoints me), Scarett Johansen (a rather controlled, steady portrait of Mary) and Jim Sturgess (who brought so much fragility to the role of the brother). I didn't know all the ins and outs of the Boleyn family -- just the ending, so it's interesting to see the story play out to the end. And the very ending rather surprised me and things fell nicely into place. The only reason I really gave it a 3 is that there were a lot of questions I had that the film didn't answer (probably the book did), but the film made me want to look up more about the history of the times portrayed here. And that's good for any film.

Average rating: 3.7, I gave it 3 stars.

The Other Boleyn Girl(2008) PG-13

Director Justin Chadwick's opulent historical drama stars Natalie Portman as Anne Boleyn and Scarlett Johansson as her sister, Mary -- both beautiful, ambitious and vying for the heart of powerful but intemperate King Henry VIII (Eric Bana). Though both women are the monarch's mistresses, only one can become his queen consort -- but at what cost? The supporting cast includes Kristin Scott Thomas and Jim Sturgess.